Fort Monroe
Remembering the Contraband and their Descendants
Fort Monroe 20 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VAThe Contraband Decision was the first successful action by the US Government which signaled the beginning of the end of slavery. The historic Chapel of the Centurion at Fort Monroe, the Contraband Historical Society will bring together local “Contraband” descendants with a 3rd-great-grandson of Major General Benjamin Butler. The Society annually commemorates this date in...
African Landing Day
Fort Monroe 20 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VASaturday, Aug. 24, 2024 Join the Fort Monroe Authority, National Park Service, Project 1619, and the City of Hampton for the 1619 Commemoration of the First Enslaved African Landing Ceremony on Saturday, August 24 from 10 am - 4 pm at Fort Monroe. Sunday, August 25, 2024 Cleansing and Healing Program at Fort...
SUPERNOVA INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL
Fort Monroe 20 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VAThey are lifelong ska fans and fell in love with the music during their time living in Tokyo for 3 years from 1993-1996. They moved to the DC area in 2000 and spent a couple decades listening to the best ska bands in the country. They somehow missed the media headlines that ska was dead...